Clark Haaland

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God.”

-Soren Kierkegaard, Danish theologian and philosopher of the 1800s

“You may not realize it, but your desire for God is the truest and most essential thing about you. It is truer than your sin, it is truer than your woundedness, truer than what you have gained or lost, truer than the roles and responsibilities that you have left behind. Your desire for God and your capacity to connect with Him is at the core of all

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“You have created us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.”

-St. Augustine of Hippo, 4th Century African Bishop

"Let everything happen to you: Beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final." - Rainer Maria Rilke

If your intention is to ‘make art’, then maybe you’ll get a couple of good paintings. You may even get a show or two.

But I think of it this way: I don’t make art. I make things . Framing it like that keeps what I’m doing from becoming precious. And that’s a good thing, because to be precious is to be timid—and that’s bad. Creativity requires

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"When dreaming, imagine success.

When preparing, imagine failure.

When acting, imagine success."